Justice - Season 1 (2011)

Judge Patrick Coburn returns to the area of Liverpool he fled forty years earlier,to preside over a new Public Justice Centre. There is some local mistrust and a memo from the Ministry of Justice suggesting it is not cost effective is stolen and leaked to court reporter Louise Scanlon from the Liverpool Mercury. Backed by probation officer Joe Gateacre Patrick exposes and sacks the mole but Louise is anxious to dish the dirt on the judge. She is also perturbed that local gym owner Jake Little has once again been acquitted of charges involving drug selling and ...

Patrick deals leniently with Peter,a young drug pusher who is genuinely determined to turn over a new leaf and support Jessica,the schoolgirl he impregnated and their baby. Joe believes Patrick has been soft on the boy but Patrick admits he does not want Peter to go the same way as himself as he left Liverpool having fathered a daughter,Mary,a drug addict who died before he could meet her. Sharna is appalled that Kaz is working for Little and warns her that he is grooming her for vice as he did with Sharna's mother. Patrick pulls off a successful P.R. exercise in his ...

Community worker Sarah Myerson impresses Patrick and he visits her Social Centre for fact finding. He learns that Alice,an elderly woman,is shop-lifting to sell goods to pay Little for drugs he supplied to her grand-daughter Angela,who is now in debt to him. When Angela is charged with possessing drugs Patrick sends her to a rehabilitation unit to get her out of Little's clutches. Father Jim,the much-loved local priest,tells Patrick that he has a grand-daughter. Sharna knows that it is her and threatens Little with her relationship with the judge. However Little goes ...